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  • Global renewable capacity expansion soars 50

    Global renewable energy capacity additions reached a record level last year, exceeding expansion in 2019 by almost 50 percent, according to date from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Worldwide, more than 260 gigawatts of renewable capacity was added last, accounting for more than 80 percent of all electricity expansion, the agency’s annual Renewable Capacity Statistics 2021 report shows.

    Published on: 29 APR 2021

  • The WiSER Pioneers panel at Middle East Energy explores the role of young women in the energy sector

    The importance of providing support to attract more young women into the energy sector was highlighted during a webinar hosted by Masdar’s outreach platform, WiSER (Women in Sustainability, Environment and Renewable Energy), at the Middle East Energy conference in Dubai.

    Published on: 22 JUN 2021

  • Masdar City launches global initiative - Innovate - ahead of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2022

    Masdar City, Abu Dhabi’s only planned and approved R&D cluster and a leading hub for innovation, has launched ‘Innovate’, to identify and nurture the next generation of sustainable technologies. The global initiative will focus on the areas of urban mobility, clean energy, agritech and food security, water, energy storage, and artificial intelligence.

    Published on: 16 NOV 2021

  • Masdar signs strategic agreement to develop solar projects in Republic of Iraq

    Masdar, a subsidiary of Mubadala Investment Company and one of the world’s leading renewable energy companies, announced that it signed a strategic agreement with the Republic of Iraq to develop solar photovoltaic (PV) projects in the country with a minimum total capacity of two gigawatts (GW).

    Published on: 25 JUN 2021

  • Masdar celebrates inauguration of landmark 100 MW Nur Navoi Solar project in Uzbekistan

    Masdar, a subsidiary of Mubadala Investment Company and one of the world’s leading renewable energy companies, has inaugurated the Nur Navoi Solar Project – Uzbekistan’s first successfully-financed independent power producer (IPP) solar project.

    Published on: 28 AUG 2021

  • The Catalyst Accelerating Sustainable Innovation

    Relaunched in 2018 to encourage and stimulate entrepreneurship, The Catalyst is the region’s first sustainability-focused ‘start-up accelerator’. Based in the Masdar City Free Zone, The Catalyst is a joint venture between Masdar and BP aimed at accelerating start-ups through funding, training and mentorship.

    Published on: 21 JUN 2021

  • Masdar to participate in UAE delegation to COP26

    Masdar is participating in the COP26 climate change conference, starting next week in the UK, as part of the UAE’s delegation. Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi, Chief Executive Officer of Masdar, is heading Masdar’s team at the event, which aims to kick off a ‘decade of action’ on climate change.

    Published on: 28 OCT 2021

  • For Antarctica: How do you make solar panels in Antarctica a ground reality?

    While it is the coldest place on earth, Antarctica is also the world’s largest desert, almost twice the size of the Sahara.

    Published on: 15 JUL 2021

  • Masdar City attracts global and regional innovation giants amid focus on global green recovery from COVID-19

    Masdar City, the sustainable urban development in the UAE’s capital, Abu Dhabi, is set to play a key role in the global green recovery from COVID-19 as it continues to add sustainability-focused innovation and technology companies. The number of companies in the City’s free zone increased 26 percent in 2020, indicating the important role of the City and its offerings to innovation-led companies, including G42 Healthcare, whose laboratories and testing centers were central to the UAE’s pandemic response.

    Published on: 16 JUN 2021

  • Graphene: the building block for a sustainable future

    Graphene is an extraordinary substance. A layer of carbon, just one atom thick, yet 200 times stronger than steel, transparent, flexible, highly conductive both thermally and electrically: it has the potential to revolutionize whole industries and our entire built environment. It was first isolated in 2004 to Nobel Prize-winning effect at the University of Manchester and now that potential is starting to bear commercial fruit.

    Published on: 15 JUL 2021

  • Masdar City Free Zone introduces exclusive business package for women entrepreneurs ahead of Emirati Women’s Day

    Masdar City Free Zone has introduced a new business package exclusively for all women entrepreneurs, to further support the growth of women-led companies in the UAE. The announcement comes ahead of Emirati Women’s Day on the 28th August, which for 2021 is themed, ‘Women: Ambitions & Inspiration for Next 50 Years,’ in line with the UAE’s "Year of the 50th".

    Published on: 25 AUG 2021

  • Masdar signs 1GW Clean Energy Agreement in Azerbaijan following Presidential Inauguration of Garadagh Solar Park, Largest in the Region

    Masdar signs 1GW Clean Energy Agreement in Azerbaijan following Presidential Inauguration of Garadagh Solar Park, Largest in the Region

    Published on: 26 OCT 2023

  • Accelerating energy transitions could create 122 million jobs by 2050

    Accelerating energy transitions on a path to climate safety can grow the global economy by 2.4 per cent over the expected growth of current plans within the next decade and create 122 million energy-related jobs by 2050, according to a report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).

    Published on: 03 AUG 2021

  • Red Sea Global announces Amaala Multi-utilities Concession Agreement

    Red Sea Global (RSG), the multi-project developer behind the world’s most ambitious regenerative tourism destinations, Amaala and The Red Sea, has entered into a 25-year concession agreement with the French multinational electric utility company EDF (Électricité de France) and leading clean energy company Masdar on a multi-utilities infrastructure facility to service the Amaala destination.

    Published on: 11 SEP 2023

  • Masdar and PLN NP Agree to Triple Size of ASEAN’s largest Floating Solar Plant

    Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC – Masdar, the UAE’s clean energy powerhouse, and PLN Nusantara Power (PLN NP), have signed an agreement to develop Phase II of the successful Cirata floating photovoltaic (FPV) power plant in Indonesia by up to 500MW, in a major expansion to Southeast Asia’s largest FPV plant.

    Published on: 26 SEP 2023

  • Shams Power Company achieves two million safe man-hours without lost time injuries

    Shams Power Company has achieved a significant safety milestone, reaching two million safe man-hours without lost time injury at the Shams power plant in Abu Dhabi.

    Published on: 16 NOV 2021

  • Energy Transition Provides Opportunity to Transform and Diversify the Economy, while Driving Global Growth

    At ADSW Summit, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology H.E. Dr. Al Jaber says energy transition represents a multi-trillion dollar opportunity that the UAE and its partners can capitalize on

    Published on: 19 JAN 2022

  • Masdar City’s innovate initiative to host 20 global organizations working on climate critical innovations at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2022

    Masdar City’s global initiative, Innovate, will host an exhibition showcasing groundbreaking technologies from 20 international startups and small and mid-size enterprises (SMEs), focusing on the areas of urban mobility, clean energy, agritech, food security, and artificial intelligence, at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) 2022.

    Published on: 14 JAN 2022

  • Y4S Leader travels to Antarctica on climate mission

    Athra Khamis, a Youth 4 Sustainability (Y4S) Future Sustainability Leader, has swapped the desert environment of the UAE for a very different kind of desert: Antarctica. The 24-year old Emirati participated in March in the 2041 ClimateForce: Antarctica Expedition, organized by the 2041 Foundation, as part of a group of global youth leaders to witness firsthand the effects of climate change on the continent and raise awareness of the issue.

    Published on: 11 APR 2022

  • ADSW 2022’s World Future Energy Summit powered by clean energy from EWEC

    Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW), the global platform for accelerating sustainable development hosted by Masdar, has today announced that the World Future Energy Summit, a key event at ADSW 2022, was powered by clean energy, thanks to a partnership with Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC).

    Published on: 26 JAN 2022

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